The Master Index Match Engine and the Master Index Standardization Engine

The Master Index Match Engine works with the Master Index Standardization Engine to provide an accurate comparison of two records. The standardization engine reads input data and determines how to parse, normalize, and phonetically encode the data in order to create a standard set of values to use for match comparison. The standardization engine can standardize free-form text fields, such as street address fields or business names, and separate them into their individual parts, such as house numbers, street names, and so on, allowing the match engine to generate a more accurate weight for free-form data.